New Delh: Three days after the Election Commission announced the schedule of Bihar assembly elections and the bye-elections to eight assembly constituencies of six states and for Jammu & Kashmir, preparations are underway to ensure the smooth functioning of these elections.

According to the latest press note issued by ECI on Thursday, “to ensure the smooth and orderly progress of the various phases of elections in Bihar, around 8.5 lakh election officials have been deployed.”

“The personnel to be deployed include nearly 4.53 lakh Polling Personnel, 2.5 lakh Police Officials, 28,370 Counting Personnel, 17,875 Micro Observers, 9,625 Sector Officers, 4,840 Micro Observers for counting, and up to 90,712 Anganwadi Sevikas may also be deployed,” the ECI said in its press note.

The election ma

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